The Portland Sea Dogs, Maine Mariners, Maine Celtics and Portland Hearts of Pine are all year-round businesses with seasonal demands and pressure to win games and championships.
Participating students will engage in long-term, collaborative industry research with the Mariners to study and advance business goals at Maine's only pro hockey team.
Maine's largest city has displaced Charleston, S.C., as the country's top-rated minor league sports market, according to a widely read industry publication.
To kick off the new year, Mainebiz asked more than a dozen movers and shakers from different sectors for their 2024 business predictions. The prognostications offer much food for thought.
Athletes, actors and TV personalities will vie for a $250,000 prize purse at the Drive for Kids Celebrity Golf Invitational next June in Falmouth, helping raise funds for the Barbara Bush Children's Hospital at Maine Medical Center in Portland.